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2015–16 Primera División de Nicaragua

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Season
  
2015–16

Matches played
  
192

Champions League
  
Real Esteli

Goals scored
  
556 (2.9 per match)

Champions
  
Apertura:UNAN ManaguaClausura:Real Esteli

Relegated
  
Deportivo OcotalART Municipal Jalapa

The 2015–16 season in Primera División de Nicaragua will be divided into two tournaments (Apertura and Clausura) and will determine the 67th and 68th champions in the history of the league. It will also provide the sole berth for the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League. The Apertura tournament will be played in the second half of 2015, while the Clausura will be played in the first half of 2016.

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Teams

A total of 10 teams will contest the league, including 8 sides from the 2015–16 season and one sids directly promoted from the 2014–145Segunda division. The final participant will be determined in a two-legged play-off, in which the 9th placed Primera division side UNAN Managua will play the team who finished second in Segunda division which was FC San Marcos. UNAN Managua won 6-0 on aggregate over FC San Marcos which meant they stayed in the Primera Division.

2015–16 Teams

Promotion and relegation

  • At the end of the 2014-15, Chinandega FC was promoted to Primera Division
  • At the end of the 2014-15, Fox Villa was relegated to Segunda Division.

    • Team Information

    Last updated: 2015

    Regular season

    The regular season began on 2015. The top four finishers will move on to the next stage of the competition.

    Scoring

  • First goal of the season: Rodrigo Hernandez own goal for Managua F.C. against UNAN Managua , 10 minutes (15 August 2015)
  • First goal by a foreign player: Jonathan Donado for UNAN Managua against Managua F.C., 20 minutes (15 August 2015)
  • Fastest goal in a match: 10 minute - TBD for TBD against TBD (TBD TBD 2015)
  • Goal scored at the latest point in a match: 94 minutes - Christian Cisneros for Metapan against C.D. Chalatenango (1 August 2015)
  • First penalty Kick of the season: Marlon Lopez for Managua F.C. against UNAN Managua, 75 minutes (15 August 2015)
  • Widest winning margin: 8 goals
  • UNAN Managua 9–1 ART Municipal Jalapa (18 November 2015)
  • First hat-trick of the season: Darwin Ramirez for Juventus Managua against Real Madriz (August 24, 2015)
  • First own goal of the season: Rodriguez Hernandez (UNAN Managua) for Managua F.C. (August 152015)
  • Most goals in a match: 10 Goals UNAN Managua 9–1 ART Municipal Jalapa (18 November 2015)
    Juventus Managua 5–5 Managua F.C. (15 August, 2015)
  • Most goals by one team in a match: 9 Goals
  • UNAN Managua 9–1 ART Municipal Jalapa (18 November 2015)
  • Most goals in one half by one team: 5 Goals UNAN Managua 9–1 ART Municipal Jalapa (18 November 2015)
  • Most goals scored by losing team: 2 Goals
  • ART Jalapa 2–5 Real Madriz (September, 2015)
  • Most goals by one player in a single match: 5 Goals
  • Daniel Reyes for UNAN Managua against ART Municipal Jalapa (18 November 2015)

    • Standings

    Updated to games played on 2015.
    Source: []
    Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
    (C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
    Only applicable when the season is not finished:
    (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

    Results

    Source: []
    1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
    Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

    Positions by round

    Last updated: 2015
    Source: []

    Semi-finals

    First leg
    Second leg

    Diriangen won 1-0 on aggregate.

    UNAN Managua won 4-3 on aggregate.

    Finals

    First leg
    Second leg
  • UNAN Managua won 3-1 on aggregate score.

    • List of foreign players in the league

    This is a list of foreign players in Apertura 2015. The following players:

    1. have played at least one apertura game for the respective club.
    2. have not been capped for the Nicaragua national football team on any level, independently from the birthplace

    A new rule was introduced this year, that clubs can only have five foreign players in a squad.

    Team Information

    Last updated: 2015

    Regular season

    The regular season began on 2015. The top four finishers will move on to the next stage of the competition.

    Scoring

  • First goal of the season: Daniel Reyes for UNAN Managua against Managua F.C. , 17 minutes (16 January 2016)
  • First goal by a foreign player: Leandro Cruz de Oliveira for Real Esteli against Deportivo Ocotal, 69 minutes (17 January 2016)
  • Fastest goal in a match: 3 minute - Baez for Real Madriz against Diriangen FC (January 16, 2016)
  • Goal scored at the latest point in a match: 87 minutes - Daniel Reyes for UNAN Managua against Managua F.C. (16 January 2016)
  • First penalty Kick of the season: Marlon Lopez for Managua F.C. against UNAN Managua, 75 minutes (15 August 2015)
  • Widest winning margin: 5 goals
  • Real Esteli 5–0 Deportivo Ocotal (17 November 2016)
  • First hat-trick of the season: TBD for TBD against TBD (2016)
  • First own goal of the season: Rodriguez Hernandez (UNAN Managua) for Managua F.C. (2016)
  • Most goals in a match: 5 Goals Real Esteli 5–0 Deportivo Ocotal (17 November 2016)
  • Most goals by one team in a match: 5 Goals
  • Real Esteli 5–0 Deportivo Ocotal (17 November 2016)
  • Most goals in one half by one team: 3 Goals Real Esteli 5–0 Deportivo Ocotal (17 November 2016) and ART Municipal Jalapa against Chinandega FC (18 November 2015)
  • Most goals scored by losing team: 2 Goals
  • Real Madriz 2–5 Real Esteli (28 February 2016)
  • Most goals by one player in a single match: 3 Goals
  • Carlos Chavarria for Real Esteli against Real Madriz (28 February 2016)

    • Standings

    Updated to games played on 24 April 2016.
    Source: Soccerway
    Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
    (C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
    Only applicable when the season is not finished:
    (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

    Results

    Updated to games played on 24 April 2016.
    Source: []
    1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
    Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

    Positions by round

    Last updated: 2016
    Source: []

    Semi-finals

    First leg
    Second leg

    Real Estelí won 8-2 on aggregate.

    Walter Ferretti won 2-1 on aggregate.

    Finals

    First leg
    Second leg

    Real Estelí won 1-0 on aggregate.

    List of foreign players in the league

    This is a list of foreign players in Clausura 2016. The following players:

    1. have played at least one apertura game for the respective club.
    2. have not been capped for the Nicaragua national football team on any level, independently from the birthplace

    A new rule was introduced this year, that clubs can only have five foreign players in a squad.

    Second leg

  • Real Estelí won 3–1 on aggregate score.

    • Aggregate table

    Updated to games played on May 2016.
    Source: []
    Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
    (C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
    Only applicable when the season is not finished:
    (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

    References

    2015–16 Primera División de Nicaragua Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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